joint-fir

Noun

Meaning

A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed; -- called also shrubby horsetail. There are about thirty species, of which two or three are found from Texas to California.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

joint fir

Synonyms

ephedra Mormon tea desert tea Brigham tea Gnetophyta Ephedraceae Ephedra sinica american ephedra ephedrales ephedrae herba extracta fluida ephedra extract ephedra nevadensis ephedra sinensis cancer tea african welwitschia
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Hypernyms

bush shrub

Hyponyms

mahuang Ephedra sinica

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